China and the Chinese

Name: China and the Chinese
Author: Herbert Allen Giles

by Herbert Allen Giles

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by R. Cedron, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2006-03-20

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Taoism Chinese literature China -- Social life and customs Chinese language

About the author

Herbert Allen Giles

1845–1935

A pioneering British sinologist and former diplomat in China, he helped shape how generations of English-speaking readers encountered Chinese language and literature. Best known for the Wade–Giles romanization system, he also translated and explained classic Chinese texts for a wide audience.

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